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Barriers and incentives to recruitment in mental health clinical trials
(2019-05)
Research provides valuable information that improves patients’ outcomes and should inform clinical decision-making.1 There are many research methodologies2 and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are at the top of the ...
Investigating causal mechanisms in randomised controlled trials
(2019-08)
Introduction: In some randomised trials, the primary interest is in the mechanisms by which an intervention exerts its effects on health outcomes. That is, clinicians and policy-makers may be interested in how the intervention ...
The CORE service improvement programme for mental health crisis resolution teams: results from a cluster-randomised trial
(2019-02)
Crisis resolution teams (CRTs) offer brief, intensive home treatment for people experiencing mental health crisis. CRT implementation is highly variable; positive trial outcomes have not been reproduced in scaled-up CRT ...
Out-of-area placements in acute mental health care: the outcomes
(2019-02)
Out-of-area placements (OAPs) are heavily relied upon by the NHS to meet growing demand but they are expensive, disruptive for patients, and may reduce quality of care and outcomes for patients. Here, the authors compared ...
Combining Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Interventions in Network Meta-analysis in Psychiatry
(2019-04)
Network meta-analyses (NMAs) assess the comparative associations of 2 or more interventions even if they have not been compared in a randomized clinical trial.1 The validity of NMAs is founded on the assumption of transitivity ...
An evaluation of the characteristics and outcomes of users of a street triage service: retrospective case note review
(2019-03)
Street triage services are now common but the population they
serve is poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate a local service to determine
the characteristics of those using it and their outcomes in the 90 day ...
Consent to discuss participation in research: a pilot study
(2019-09)
Background. Equitable access to research studies needs to be increased for all patients. There is debate about which is the best approach to use to discuss participation in research in real-world clinical settings.
Objective. ...
Evaluating dementia training for healthcare staff
(2019-04)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a service evaluation of a competency-based dementia
training programme for clinicians to establish its value in improving their knowledge and confidence of
dementia ...
Newly qualified health visitor: Resilience in practice
(2019-09)
As a new cohort of health visitors qualify, Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of resilience and the way individuals, teams and organisations can support staff as they develop their skills as practitioners through ...
Newly qualified health visitor: Mandated contacts and achieving the best start in life
(2019-08)
There has been much in the news recently about how to achieve the best start for children in the UK. Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of the health visitor contacts for families in the UK and the challenges faced ...